This Baby Was Conceived in 1994, Born in 2025—and the Story Behind It Is Even Wilder A baby born in 2025 is rewriting the history of fertility science after coming to life from an embryo frozen more than 30 years ago.

[u/reflibman]

https://indiandefencereview.com/this-baby-was-conceived-in-1994-born-in-2025-and-the-story-behind-it-is-even-wilder/

[u/RachelRegina]

Oh I've seen this one, it's the subplot of season 1 and season 2 of Foundation, right?

[u/Lost_Tumbleweed_5669 → u/RachelRegina]

Wait you saw it? Gaal Dornick? Hope you are preparing to fight the donkey.

[u/MassiveGG]

So is it technically a 90s kid still or does it join the ranks of the rotted generation

[u/Otaraka → u/MassiveGG]

30 years old and no job.  Typical.

[u/boxsterguy → u/Otaraka]

It better start pulling on its bootstraps soon.

[u/Stummi → u/Otaraka]

classical millennial

[u/Yrgefeillesda → u/MassiveGG]

Technically conceived in '94 but born into iPad kids era. Kid's gonna be confused about their generation lol

[u/Taminella_Grinderfal]

This feels oddly unethical to me, like how do they know it’s not “freezer burnt”? We can’t truly test to see what the implications are without impregnating a bunch of women with really old embryos and watching for 18 more years as it grows to adulthood. I’m imagining a post-apocalyptic horror movie where to repopulate the human race, we start implanting 200 year old embryos found in a lab and accidentally create monsters.

[u/CommercialTop9070 → u/Taminella_Grinderfal]

I was thinking there’s bound to be some crazy rich person who has frozen 100 of them and set up a trust to make sure he has direct descendants on the earth for generations.

[u/The_Shryk → u/CommercialTop9070]

So dad who gets grandpas house and the business and all that?

Oh idk kids… my sister was just born, so probably her, technically.

[u/NeedsToShutUp → u/CommercialTop9070]

Oh god the law professors dealing with the rule against perpetuities have all just woken up in a cold sweat.

[u/Hair_This → u/Taminella_Grinderfal]

I would watch this

[u/lonelynugget → u/Taminella_Grinderfal]

Freezer Burn is only when something is frozen and unfrozen over and over. With embryos they are held at 77k or -320 Fahrenheit constant. This effectively stops biological time and if frozen correctly vitrifies the water. The ethical implications however remain unclear.

[u/im-ba → u/lonelynugget]

I read that DNA have half life, which I assume is based on the conditions in which it is stored. Is it true in these conditions that the DNA remains completely unchanged due to the low temperatures?

[u/MolassesOk3200]

This kid will be popular at school since it can legally buy alcohol and weed, plus get a drivers license. Let the good times roll.

[u/schizoesoteric → u/MolassesOk3200]

And if he isn't popular, he can legally buy a gun

[u/Dangerous_Mango_3637]

Biggest carbon footprint for a newborn ever

[u/South-Paramedic9449]

So, like frozen Philip J. Fry from Futurama?

[u/beaureece]

Is this a loophole for abortion?

[u/HoboBronson → u/beaureece]

I think the egg was retrieved before conception, so probably not

[u/Good_Nyborg]

Negative. I am a meat Popsicle.

I'm a little jealous they'll be able to use this line more accurately than me.

[u/zerocoolforschool]

Look Who’s Talking Four.

[u/Wide_Secretary_262]

30 years old and still attached to his mother's tuition.

[u/KPostBeginning6698]

Frozen 30 years ago??

As in the baby's parents are... dead?

Or at least...... OLD?

[u/pondscum2069]

If we accept the premise that life begins at conception, then a child born from a 31-year-old embryo like Thaddeus is, in a sense, 31 years old at birth. The frozen state is a medical pause, not an end to life. A birth certificate should reflect this reality and list the conception date, providing a more accurate record of the individual's life. This isn't about legal status, but about acknowledging a person's complete journey from their biological beginning.

[u/moconahaftmere → u/pondscum2069]

This isn't about legal status, but about acknowledging a person's complete journey from their biological beginning. 

This sort of phrasing is such a giveaway of something that was AI-written.

[u/blurplethenurple → u/moconahaftmere]

Rings of those creeps that explain "theyre actually 1000 years old so legally..." when gooning to a character that looks like a child

[u/psymunn → u/pondscum2069]

Except that premise is an unpopular opinion.